Texas A&M University president resigns after botched hiring of Black journalist

Katherine Banks leaves role amid pushback over Kathleen McElroy's work to promote diversity and inclusion in newsrooms

Texas A&M University said on Friday its president had resigned, after the hiring of a Black journalist at one of the largest US campuses unraveled amid pushback over her work to promote diversity and inclusion in newsrooms.

Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter she would retire immediately as president, because negative press has become a distraction" at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station.